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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

February 2013

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Lunar month 1227Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water18Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 腊月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2013-02-04

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2013-02-07

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    2013-02-18

    In 11 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    2013-03-05

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

立春 → 雨水

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲寅

腊月廿七

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecratePray for childrenVisit friends and familySet a bedAnimal husbandrySculpture and paintingAcupuncture

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Move into a homeRelocateMove the hearthSeparate householdsSet an altarBuild a stoveOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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